Penang Botanic Gardens

Great location as long as you get a hire car, although this is not recommended for someone with limited driving experience or no experience of driving on Asian Roads. It is slightly on the outskirts but right on the beach. Check in very easy and the suite was large and very good. And generally the hotel is very well maintained. The breakfast that comes with the suite was excellent. However the same restaurant turned into a fine dining restaurant in the evening, where the prices were high and the potions small, although the food was good. The other dining option is the buffet, we stayed during Ramadan so it was absolutely rammed in the evenings, most of the food seemed tailored to this event with very limited Western options. I also did not take to kindly to being asked if I had booked on the last night ( which nobody mentioned beforehand !) we were stuffed in a corner of the overflow dining room which spent most of it’s time as the Ballroom. The vast majority of the staff were polite, very helpful and efficient.

Great room size for a family of 4. The breakfast left me pleasantly surprised. The views from the room of the entire shoreline were fantastic.

Friendly, helpful staff. Beautiful common area. Good choices and very generous breakfast. Afternoon tea was a nice bonus.